Patent Application
20200100636
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The disclosure and prior art relates to vacuums and more particularly pertains to a new vacuum for cleaning a vehicle.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vacuum motor having a body wall extending between an intake side and an exhaust side. The intake side has an intake aperture extending therethrough and the exhaust side has an exhaust aperture extending therethrough. The vacuum motor is configured to be installed in a vehicle. A power unit is coupled to the body wall and provides power to the vacuum motor. An intake pipe is coupled to the intake aperture. A mounting plate is coupled to the intake pipe and is configured to attach to an interior wall of the vehicle. The mounting plate has a hose aperture extending through the interior wall and coupled to the intake pipe. A vacuum hose is selectively engageable with the hose aperture of the mounting plate. An exhaust hose has a motor end coupled to the exhaust aperture and a collection end coupled to a collection unit. The collection unit is configured to collect debris sucked through the vacuum motor.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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An intake pipe 38 is coupled to the intake aperture 20 and a mounting plate 40 is coupled to the intake pipe 38. The mounting plate 40 may comprise a front plate 42 and a rear plate 44, each having a hose aperture 46 extending therethrough. The intake pipe 38 is coupled to the hose aperture 46 of the rear plate and the rear plate 44 is configured to mount to an outside of an interior wall 48 of the vehicle 24. The front plate 42 is coupled to the rear plate 44 through the interior wall and may be coupled through a plurality of mounting apertures 50 passing through each of the front plate 42 and the rear plate 44. There may be a cover plate 52 having a hinge 54 coupled to an upper edge 56 of the front plate. The cover plate 52 swingably covers and alternatively uncovers the front plate 42. The cover plate 52 has a plug 58 that is selectively engageable with the hose aperture 46 of the mounting plate to keep the cover plate 52 closed when the integrated automobile vacuum system 10 is not in use. A vacuum hose 60 is selectively engageable with the hose aperture 46 when the system is in use to allow access to all parts of the interior of the vehicle. The vacuum hose 60 may be collapsible.
An exhaust hose 62 has a motor end 64 and a collection end 66 with the motor end 64 coupled to the exhaust aperture 22. A collection unit 68 is coupled to the exhaust hose 62 and is configured to collect debris sucked through the vacuum motor 12. The collection unit 68 may comprise a lid 70 and a canister 72. The lid 70 has a lid aperture 74 extending through a top side 76 to a recessed cavity 78 with the lid aperture 74 being selectively enagageble with the collection end 66 of the exhaust hose. The lid 70 has a male threaded portion 80 that is selectively engageable with a female threaded portion 82 of the canister to allow the canister 72 to be separated and emptied when necessary. A filter 84 may be coupled within the recessed cavity 78 of the lid to absorb dust and other fine particles entering the collection unit 68. A mounting bracket 86 may be coupled to an upper rim 88 of the canister. The mounting bracket 86 has a pair of notches 90 that is selectively engageable within an engine compartment 92 of the vehicle, allowing a user to easily access the collection unit 68. There may also be a plurality of accessories 94 that is selectively engageable with a distal end 96 of the vacuum hose. The plurality of accessories 94 comprises a wide vacuum head 98 for general cleaning, a narrow vacuum head 100 for tight spaces, and a brush vacuum head 102 for flooring.
In use, the cover plate 52 is opened and the vacuum hose 60 is attached to the hose aperture 46. The vacuum motor 12 is then activated using the control switch 36 and a user can manipulate the vacuum hose 60 to clean the vehicle interior. When complete, the vacuum hose 60 is detached and the cover plate 52 is closed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
